Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
The White Ape
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AndthenTublatwenttoKerchaktourgehimtousehisauthoritywithKala,andforcehertogiveuplittleTarzan,whichwasthenametheyhadgiventothetinyLordGreystoke,andwhichmeant"White-Skin."
ButwhenKerchakspoketoheraboutitKalathreatenedtorunawayfromthetribeiftheydidnotleaveherinpeacewiththechild;andasthisisoneoftheinalienablerightsofthejunglefolk,iftheybedissatisfiedamongtheirownpeople,theybotheredhernomore,forKalawasafineclean-limbedyoungfemale,andtheydidnotwishtoloseher.
AsTarzangrewhemademorerapidstrides,sothatbythetimehewastenyearsoldhewasanexcellentclimber,andonthegroundcoulddomanywonderfulthingswhichwerebeyondthepowersofhislittlebrothersandsisters.
Inmanywaysdidhedifferfromthem,andtheyoftenmarveledathissuperiorcunning,butinstrengthandsizehewasdeficient;forattenthegreatanthropoidswerefullygrown,someofthemtoweringoversixfeetinheight,whilelittleTarzanwasstillbutahalf-grownboy.
Yetsuchaboy!
Fromearlychildhoodhehadusedhishandstoswingfrombranchtobranchafterthemannerofhisgiantmother,andashegrewolderhespenthouruponhourdailyspeedingthroughthetreetopswithhisbrothersandsisters.
